Sentences with phrase «which substantial progress»

The TPP may or may not be the next big thing, but if it succeeds (and 14 rounds of negotiations during which substantial progress has been made on most of the chapters of the agreement suggests it is more than just talk) Canada will be better positioned being in than being out.

Not exact matches

Congress has made substantial progress on deficit reduction, but they have done it in the worst possible way, which is to say, it's been very chaotic and damaging to confidence.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

To unite all Religion against all irreligion, to make the Golden Rule the basis of this union; to present to the world... the substantial unity of many religions in the good deeds of the Religious Life; to provide for a World's Parliament of Religions, in which their common aims and common grounds of unity may be set forth, and the marvelous Religious progress of the Nineteenth century be reviewed... (The World's Religious Congress, General Programme (preliminary ed.; 1893), p. 19.)

It has been an honour to negotiate and then serve in the first coalition government of modern times which has substantial achievements both in reducing the economic dangers faced by our country, and in making progress with policies to tackle climate change and provide energy security.

Contrast that with the latest IMF report which paid tribute to the «substantial progress» towards a sustainable budget delivered by the Coalition's austerity programme.

«With help from the Monash Warwick Alliance, we quickly identified a genuine opportunity to make substantial research progress by combining our expertise, which also led to an ambitious plan for continued collaboration,» Dr Steeghs said.

This year has seen extensive development in the functionality of the RD - Connect tools and services, consolidation of RD - Connect's reputation in the European rare disease community (as evidenced by invitations for RD - Connect resources to play a central role in major new initiatives), and substantial progress towards future sustainability of the RD - Connect assets, which are now mature resources for RD researchers to use in their everyday practice.

Unfortunately, they didn't have much to reveal, though they did make substantial progress in the past few months (which includes the RMMV memory leak, which has been fixed).

While the gains among these initial 3rd graders are not as dramatic as the 4th grade gains which had captured national attention, Winters found «the gains among initial 3rd graders were very substantial,» about 0.36 standard deviations between 1998 and 2009, or roughly a full additional year of academic progress.

But after substantial progress in the 1970s and»80s, the effort has largely stalled, except for a brief period from 1999 to 2004, where there were some gains, particularly in reading, according to a report released this month by the Educational Testing Service, which develops standardized tests used across the country.

As the study progressed, we allowed the autonomously expressed interest of the group to adjust our course, which resulted in substantial deviation from the original set sequence.

However, we believe it is still too early to provide a robust assessment of the progress and attainment of free school pupils due to the small number of free schools which currently have Key Stage 4 results available, especially as sensitivity analysis has indicated that the way schools and pupils are matched has a substantial effect on results.

In the case when observed teaching is less than good, in order to achieve Pay Progression, there should be substantial other evidence indicative of pupil progress for the groups for which the teacher is responsible.

«We delivered groundbreaking titles, including L.A. Noire and NBA 2K12, which set new standards for excellence; grew our revenue from digitally delivered content and mobile offerings; made substantial progress on our online gaming initiatives; and bolstered our already strong liquidity through a convertible notes offering.

Beyond the technical advances made at the time, which are rendered moot by continual hardware / software progress, Myst's substantial contribution is really in the use of geography and separating elements of a puzzle to different locations, rather than having everything located in a defined space.

It notices that in the space of three years, capacity building and training efforts have transformed REDD + from a little - known concept to one which is recognized, discussed and on the agenda of the Government of Viet Nam and that alongside awareness raising at a national level, substantial progress has been made in capacity building for policy development and environmental safeguards.

It notices that in the space of three years, capacity building and training efforts have transformed REDD + from a little - known concept to one which is recognized, discussed and on the agenda of the Royal Government of Cambodia and that alongside awareness raising at a national level, substantial progress has been made in capacity building for policy development and environmental safeguards.

In its latest assessment of the progress of climate change, the body said: «If warming is not kept below two degrees centigrade, which will require the strongest mitigation efforts, and currently looks very unlikely to be achieved, the substantial global impacts will occur, such as species extinctions, and millions of people at risk from drought, hunger, flooding.»

Lamb wrote, «In fact, from about the beginning of this century up to 1940 a substantial climatic change was in progress, but it was in a direction which tended to make life easier and to reduce stresses for most activities and most people in most parts of the world.

He had a training contract with HEE, which arranged his training placements, was responsible for paying a substantial part of his salary to Lewisham, and regularly reviewed his progress as a doctor in training.

The provisions of paragraph 1 may, however, be declared inapplicable in the case of: - any agreement or category of agreements between undertakings, - any decision or category of decisions by associations of undertakings, - any concerted practice or category of concerted practices, which contributes to improving the production or distribution of goods or to promoting technical or economic progress, while allowing consumers a fair share of the resulting benefit, and which does not: (a) impose on the undertakings concerned restrictions which are not indispensable to the attainment of these objectives; (b) afford such undertakings the possibility of eliminating competition in respect of a substantial part of the products in question.

Despite the cancellation of the LAWS GGE scheduled in August, which is regrettable, we have to intensify the discussions and address some of the challenges at the GGE in November in order to achieve substantial progress.»

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This simple action can often result in substantial progress being made, as the responding party begins to let go of the relationship and accept the necessity of obtaining information and making good decisions about the issues which need to be resolved.

«We fought hard for the ACA, which gave over 55 million women access to no - copay birth control, and we are making substantial progress in health outcomes for women and families.

«While our confidence gauge has yet to breach the 50 mark — at which point an equal number of builders view sales conditions as good versus poor — we have certainly made substantial progress since this time last year, when the HMI stood at 19,» observes NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe.